15-letter words containing g, e, m, o
- messier catalog — a catalog of nonstellar objects compiled by Charles Messier in 1784 and later slightly extended, now known to contain nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters.
- metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
- metallo-organic — organometallic.
- methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.
- metric topology — a topology for a space in which open sets are defined in terms of a given metric.
- microaggression — a subtle but offensive comment or action directed at a minority or other nondominant group that is often unintentional or unconsciously reinforces a stereotype: microaggressions such as "I don't see you as black.".
- microcentrifuge — A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
- microgametocyte — a gametocyte that produces microgametes
- microgeneration — the small-scale generation of electrical power, through means such as solar or wind power
- micromanagement — The direct management of a project etc to an excessive degree, with too much attention to detail and insufficient delegation.
- micropegmatitic — relating to, or designating, a microscopic pegmatitic structure
- microprocessing — an integrated computer circuit that performs all the functions of a CPU.
- microtechnology — technology that uses microelectronics
- microtunnelling — a technique used to excavate tunnels mechanically for the laying of pipes
- mid-ocean ridge — any of several seismically active submarine mountain ranges that extend through the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific oceans: each is hypothesized to be the locus of seafloor spreading.
- mignonette tree — henna (sense 1)
- miles gloriosus — a braggart soldier, esp as a stock figure in comedy
- mineral kingdom — minerals collectively.
- mineralogically — With regard to mineralogy.
- mis-categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- misbecomingness — the characteristic or state of being unbecoming or unattractive
- miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
- misregistration — the act of registering.
- modern language — one of the literary languages currently in use in Europe, as French, Spanish, or German, treated as a departmental course of study in a school, college, or university.
- mogi das cruzes — a city in SE Brazil, E of São Paulo.
- mollier diagram — a graph showing the enthalpy of a substance as a function of its entropy when some physical property of the substance, as temperature or pressure, is kept at a specified constant value.
- monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
- montgomeryshire — a historic county in Powys, in central Wales.
- monthly meeting — (often initial capital letters) a district unit of local congregations of the Society of Friends.
- monumentalizing — Present participle of monumentalize.
- morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
- moreton bay bug — a flattish edible shellfish, Thenus orientalis, of Northern Australian waters
- moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
- morning prayers — early-morning act of religious worship
- morning service — a regular church service in the mornng
- mortgage broker — agent who matches house buyer with mortgage lender
- mortgage lender — a financial institution which provides money to borrowers for mortgages
- mortgage relief — (formerly) a reduction of tax on income being used to pay off a mortgage
- mother language — a language from which another language is descended; parent language.
- motor generator — one or more motors mechanically coupled to one or more generators for converting or transforming electric current into mechanical energy.
- mouse droppings — 1. (graphics, operating system, jargon) Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are MS-DOS programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the graphics mode in use. 2. (web, jargon) The client address recorded in a web server's log whenever a client connects to a site. Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in this way but the potential for misuse of the information is limited.
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
- moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
- mucosanguineous — containing or made up of blood and mucus
- multiple voting — the casting of ballots in more than one constituency in one election, as in England before the election reform of 1918.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- negative income — invested income that has produced a loss and hence may yield a tax deduction.
- neo-hegelianism — Hegelianism as modified by various philosophers of the latter half of the 19th century.
- network segment — (networking) A part of an Ethernet or other network, on which all message traffic is common to all nodes, i.e. it is broadcast from one node on the segment and received by all others. This is normally because the segment is a single continuous conductor, though it may include repeaters(?). Since all nodes share the physical medium, collision detection or some other protocol is required to determine whether a message was transmitted without interference from other nodes. The receiving node inspects the destination address of a packet to tell if it was (one of) the intended recipient(s). Communication between nodes on different segments is via one or more routers.
- neuroembryology — the branch of embryology dealing with the origin and development of the nervous system.